Jane's Defense News

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) defence industrial conglomerate Edge announced on 21 July that it was buying out the 40% stake in aircraft maintenance joint venture...

GKN Aerospace Sweden announced on 22 July that it is to participate with partner industries in Italy and the UK in feasibility studies on future fighter engine...

India looks poised to reverse its decision to abolish defence-offset banking provisions.

India and the United States have finalised formal guidance for industry bidding to participate in the two governments’ Defense Trade and Technology Initiative (DTTI)....

The Russian Navy witnessed a surge in shipbuilding activities during July, with multiple commissioning, launch, and laying-down events held at shipyards across the...

Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) is creating virtual models, or digital twins, of a Sikorsky UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter and a...

A new French-led multinational special forces task force reached its initial operating capability (IOC) on 15 July in Mali, the French Ministry of Armed Forces announced...

The US Air Force (USAF) has contracted Boeing to deliver the first batch of F-15EX Advanced Eagle combat aircraft.

The Indian Air Force (IAF) is expecting delivery of the first five of 36 Dassault Rafale multirole fighter aircraft before the end of July, according to a 20 July...

A new Royal Marine Commando unit is being created as part of the UK’s Future Commando Force, the Royal Navy (RN) announced in a press release on 20 July. The new...

South Korea’s first dedicated military communications satellite, ANASIS-II, was launched on 20 July from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in the US state of Florida...

The United States Air Force (USAF) is to take the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters (JSFs) due to go to Turkey before that country excluded itself...

The US Army is asking industry to provide feedback on its updated Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV) programme before it finalises a solicitation for its fourth...

Fifth-generation or ‘5G’ has become a catch-all term for an emerging series of wireless communications protocols that proponents say will give enhanced data speeds,...

The United Kingdom has expanded its industry team developing the Tempest future fighter aircraft, with a further seven national companies revealed on 20 July and more...

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded MASS, part of Cohort plc, a contract to provide Joint Command and Staff Training (JCAST) for the UK’s Strategic Command, the...

Industry is concerned about a potential US Army plan to bid on, judge, and select its own M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle Bradley replacement, and is likening such a measure...

The Russian Armed Forces have received their first Koalitsiya-SV 152 mm self-propelled howitzer (SPH), the TASS news agency reported on 22 May, citing the Rostec press...

The Military Technical Institute in Belgrade (Vojnotehnički Institut, VTI), part of the Serbian Ministry of Defence (MoD), on 22 May test-fired the...

The last of the US Navy’s (USN’s) 13 airborne patrol squadrons has now completed its transition from the Lockheed P-3C Orion to the Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol...